The phenomenon of transformation of streamwise velocity deficit to excess in a near-wall wake behind a flat-plate roughness observed previously in numerous experiments is analyzed qualitatively by means of theories of optimal disturbances based on lin...
The phenomenon of transformation of streamwise velocity deficit to excess in a near-wall wake behind a flat-plate roughness observed previously in numerous experiments is analyzed qualitatively by means of theories of optimal disturbances based on linearized Navier-Stokes and linearized boundary layer equations. It is shown that the reverse of the velocity deficit can accompany the excitation of a streak and that the formation of two maxima in the disturbance stream wise velocity profiles also observed in the experiments can be a side effect of the streak nonoptimality. An experimental approach aimed to provide quantitative data for comparison with a numerical solution of corresponding initial value problem is suggested.